2008 - 2009 Global Diversity (G)

Recognizing that the understanding of diversity is intimately tied to the concepts of culture, race, language, identity, and inter-group dynamics, as well as their applications to complex situations, Global diversity courses place their focus on the theoretical discussion of these concepts as well as the in-depth analysis of complex situations through these concepts.

Global Diversity courses:

• Require students to demonstrate their grasp of theoretical concepts involving culture, as well as to show that they can use these concepts respectfully to analyze both culture in the real world and the rhetoric about culture.
• Involve in-depth, analytical discussions about the concepts of culture, the similarities and differences between cultures, the real-world consequences of these concepts, both historically and contemporarily, and global cultural interactions, both historically and contemporarily.
• Provide in-depth and focused attention to illustrating and analyzing cultural concepts in complex contexts, preferably including different cultural groups.
• Utilize assignments that emphasize some of the following:
  • the cultural analysis of complex situations.
  • the theoretical concepts of culture as applied to real-world situations.
  • reflexivity of students in terms of their own culture and their position in relationship to other cultures.
  • the improvement of thinking and writing skills as applied to complex problems.
  • the ability of students to think through problems of cultural difference and decide when and when not such difference can be accepted.

For more details regarding the content of Global Diversity courses, please see Social-Cultural Diversity Criteria.

Global Diversity (G) Courses

Anthropology 100	Introduction to Athropology	(3)
Anthropology 170	Introduction to Biological Anthropology	(3)
Anthropology 171	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	(3)
Anthropology 172	Introduction to Archaeology	(3)
Anthropology 200	World Prehistory	(3)
Anthropology 270	Introduction to Forensic Anthropology	(3)
Anthropology 371	Cultural Dynamics	(3)
Anthropology 377	North American Archaeology	(3)
Anthropology 379	Culture Area Studies	(3)
Chin 101	First Year Chinese I	(4)
Chin 102	First Year Chinese II	(4)
English 241	World Literature I	(3)
English 242	World Literature II	(3)
Fren 101	First Year French I	(4)
Fren 102	First Year French II	(4)
Fren 201	Second Year French I	(4)
Geography 151	Human Geography	(3)
Geography 161	World Regional Geography	(3)
Germ 101	First Year German I	(4)
Germ 102	First Year German II	(4)
Germ 201	Second Year German I	(4)
Germ 406	German Literature in Translation	(3)
Humanities 225	Advanced Integrated Social Science	(2-4)
Indian Studies 385	American Indian Economic Development	(3)
Music 203	Popular and Classical Musics of the World	(3)
Norw 101	First Year Norwegian I	(4)
Norw 102	First Year Norwegian II	(4)
Norw 201	Second Year Norwegian I	(4)
Philosophy 383	Asian Philosophy	(3)
Political Science 220	International Politics	(3)
Religion 100	Introduction to Religious Inquiry	(3)
Religion 101	Religions of the West	(3)
Religion 102	Religions of Asia	(3)
Religion 203	World Religions	(3)
Religion 216	Women and Religion	(3)
Religion 221	Jewish Scripture/Old Testament	(3)
Religion 238	Christianity in the Modern World	(3)
Religion 247	Introduction to Judaism	(3)
Religion 250	East and West in Religion	(3)
Religion 300	Jesus in Gospel and History	(3)
Religion 301	Life and Religion of Paul	(3)
Religion 305	Mysticism	(3)
Religion 315	Religion and Phiosophy in China and Tibet	(3)
Religion 320	Religion and Philosophy in India	(3)
Religion 321	Prophets and Prophecy	(3)
Religion 380	Buddhism	(3)
Religion 431	Religious Violence and the Apocalyptic Mind	(3)
Russ 101	First Year Russian I	(4)
Russ 102	First Year Russian II	(4)
Russ 161	Introduction to Russian Literature	(3)
Russ 162	Introduction to Russian Culture	(3)
Russ 201	Second Year Russian I	(4)
Span 201	Second Year Spanish I	(4)